Art Rambles in the Highlands & Islands of Scotland

This is a fine example of late Victorian publishing with stunning cover boards, gilt edged paper and packed with engravings based on drawings by the author.

The work relates the author's travels around Scotland in 1876 with illustrations on every page. 

A handsome volume.

John T. Reid (1823–1904)

John T. Reid (1823-1904) was a Scottish Victorian painter best known for his genre scenes and literary subjects, many of them inspired by the works of Robert Burns. Born in Aberdeen in 1823, Reid showed artistic promise early in life and initially trained as a decorative painter before pursuing fine art more seriously.

He studied in Edinburgh and later in London, where he was influenced by the narrative and anecdotal style popular in mid-nineteenth-century British art. Reid exhibited regularly at the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Academy of Arts, gaining a reputation for carefully composed historical and literary scenes.

Overall this Victorian volume is in fine condition.

The cover boards are clean and bright with a little staiining and rub, however the gilt titles, images and embellishments are excellent. There is some bumping and bruising along the bevelled edges and at the top and bottom of the spine. 

The Book is still tight and the inside pages are bright and clean with nice gilt edging along the edges of the pages.  There is the original owners name on the title page and dated 1878(see image). There is one image of Loch Maree on page 96 which is detatched but present.

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